Thill-coupling



(No Model.)

' W; H. HENNE & G. TIPPIN.

THILL COUPLING.

No. 370,785. Patented Oct. 4, 1887.

' UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WILSON H. HENNE AND GUY TIPPIN, OF DEFIANon, OHIO.

THlLL-COUPLlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,785, dated October4,1887.

Application filed June 24, 1887,

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILSON H. HENNE and GUY TIPPIN, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Defiance, in the county of Defiance and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inThin-Couplings, of which the following is a specification, to wit:

This invention relates to an improvement in thil1-c0uplings; and itconsists in certain peculiarities of the construction and arrangement ofthe same, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully set forth andclaimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our inventionpertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation of our coupling applied to an axle;and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of our device with the various partsseparated, but in such relation to each other as to render their properconnection readily understood.

a represents the usual clip for surrounding the axle, which is in thepresent instance formed or provided with a single stationary lug orear,'a, projecting out in front in the ordinary way. This clip is alsoformed with a horizontal groove or socket, a", which receives an arm, b,upon which is carried the second ear, I), as will be clearly seen inFig.2.

The thill c is formed, as is usual, with an Serial No. 242,415. (Nomodel.)

ears and the thill-eye, a small washer, e, of

rubber, felt, paper, or other elastic material, being passed over thebolt between each ear and the eye to prevent rattling.

It will be at once understood that the ears (1' b may be separated andpressed together to fit a thill-eye of any length and to accommodatewashers of any suitable thickness, while the construction renders thecoupling as strong as in, ordinary cases where both ears are rigidlysecured upon the clip. The shape of the arm I) and its receiving-socketis not material, and we will form it half-round, dovetailed,rectangular, or in any other shape deemed best or found most desirable.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the clip. a, provided with a rigid ear, a, andsocket c of the sliding arm b, its ear I), and bolt 11, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

WILSON H. HENNE. our TIPPIN.

Witnesses:

HENRY HARDY, J. O. GARVEY.

